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Posted on 09/04/2005 6:14:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse
U.S. commercial air carriers continue transporting tens of thousands of evacuees from the New Orleans airport to destinations throughout the nation.
Rooftop air rescue efforts continue. One rescue chopper crashed late today. Crew members are reported safe. Gunmen who fired upon bridge repair contractors were killed by law enforcement.
To date, an estimated 70 countries and U.S. businesses have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars, supplies, food and equipment to assist the United States' efforts in Katrina's aftermath. Lt. General Honore described the damage to Mississippi today, "all infrastructure south of Jackson, MS is either damaged or destroyed." Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice visited the devastated areas, and attended Sunday church services in Mobile, Alabama.
Elsewhere, Sean Penn's rescue boat, sans plug and full of his personal entourage,reportedly sank during launch in New Orleans. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) threatened to punch President Bush, and Jefferson Parish President Broussard decried that the bureaucracy of FEMA has committed murder.
Links to various news, local and state government websites:
WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula has link to locate family and friends
2theAdvocate - Baton Rouge Includes Slidell, St. John Parish, St. Bernard Parish updates, and other locations.
NOLA.com
Inside Houma Today includes shelter and volunteer updates
WLBT.com Jackson MS
WALA Channel 4 Mobile, AL Includes links to distribution centers, Emergency Ops, etc.
Sun-Herald Gulfport MS Includes link to town by town reports
Gulfport News via Topix.net
WAFB Baton Rouge
Mobile Register via al.com
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
Lafayette LA Daily Advertiser
Pensacola News Journal
St Bernard Local Government
Alabama Homeland Security Volunteers can sign up online
Alabama DOT
Alabama.gov
Louisiana Homeland Security
Louisiana State Police road closure info
State of Mississippi Website has traffic alerts, emergency contact numbers
New Orleans Emergency Operations Center - is now open:
504-463-1000
504-463-1001
504-463-1002
Streaming Video:
All information is subject to change. Many stations are relying on their corporate parents to configure and maintain Internet streaming. Because of the intense interest in the feeds, they may be unavailable at times because of network congestion or a problem feeding the video to the streaming servers.
WWL-TV New Orleans - WWL-TV is operating from studios at Louisiana Public Broadcasting. CBS has a relay during the morning and afternoon. When available, use the CBS relay first as they have greater streaming capacity. They have a secondary stream from Yahoo. WWL-TV is also offering a special low-bandwidth audio-only stream for dial-up users.
WDSU-TV New Orleans - The news staff has started to return to temporary news studios near New Orleans. However, expect evening coverage from Hearst-Argyle sister stations WAPT Jackson and WESH Orlando when the New Orleans staff needs to take a break.
WGNO-TV New Orleans - New Orleans' ABC affiliate has returned to the air with WBRZ-TV and launched video streaming with continuous Katrina coverage.
WPMI-TV Mobile, AL - WPMI is webcasting from 5:30am - 10:30pm CDT. When off air, you can view pre-recorded reports on demand. This feed is often unreliable.
WKRG-TV Mobile, AL - This station is providing good coverage of the situation to the east in Mississippi and Alabama. However, the station is now signing off at around 10:30pm CDT like WWL and WPMI.
WJTV-TV Jackson, MS - The CBS affiliate in Jackson is providing live coverage for both the Jackson area and south Mississippi (knowing a lot of media in that area is off the air).
WFAA-TV Dallas, TX - WFAA-TV is here because Dallas is one of the evacuation cities.
United Radio From New Orleans: WWL-AM, WNOE-FM, "KISS-FM," WRNO-FM, WYLD-FM, and WJBO-AM (Clear Channel & Entercom) who have joined forces as United Radio From New Orleans, and they are streaming.
Gulf Coast Storm Network (Clear Channel Radio) - Clear Channel offers radio listeners across the gulf coast access to a simulcast emergency radio service. This service seems primarily focused on Alabama and Mississippi, but does cover Louisiana to some degree.
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Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here
Katrina Link Archives Nice work by backhoe
Mary Landrieu-"I'll Punch Bush"
Sean Penn's Rescue Bid Sinks
Hurricane Katrina HOUSING Thread
Martial Law Declared in New Orleans
Due to the number of requests to assist, the following list of some charities is provided.
This is not intended as an endorsement for any of the charities.
www.redcross.org or 1-800 HELP NOW - note: website is slow, and lines are busy
Salvation Army - 1-800-SAL-ARMY or Salvation Army currently looking for in-state volunteers - (888)363-2769
Operation Blessing: (800) 436-6348.
America's Second Harvest: (800) 344-8070.
Catholic Charities USA: (800) 919-9338, or www.catholiccharitiesusa.org.
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: (800) 848-5818.
Church World Service: (800) 297-1516 or online at www.churchworldservice. org.
Lutheran Disaster Response: (800) 638-3522.
Nazarene Disaster Response: (888) 256-5886.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: (800) 872-3283.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is accepting donations at its 3,800 stores and Web site, www.walmart.com.
National Black Home Educators Resource Association http://www.nbhera.org/ Southern Baptist: NAMB - http://www.namb.net/
Samaritan's Purse - http://www.samaritanspurse.org/
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Katrina Live Thread, Part XIV
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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12
Didn't stop the Jazz from moving there. :)
They'll just cheat...
WTF?
Remember this: Jamie Witt, the ex-FEMA head and current Blanco Dubois CYA agent, just said that the 10,000 number is way off; it won't be more than 6,000.
At least we could count on Kelly to keep his head. I don't know who pulled Shep, but my eternal gratitude. It's been nice to have some sane people on the scene.
I wonder if ANY of the nighttime talk shows will show the pictures of the flooded school buses...
They cannot do a "fair and balanced" story about "what went wrong" unless they do.
If Bill Clinton were President right now and the exact same thing happened, the MSM would be praising him for his leadership and all the efforts.
Everybody here knows that is true. But if Bill Clinton were President right now and the same thing happened, NEWT GINGRICH would be praising him for his leadership and all the efforts too.
What did the poll this morning say?
There is your real "two Americas."
I missed this.....yes. I heard from her a couple of days ago. Aside from some minor damage, along with no electricity for awhile...they did fine.
They have a generator that they were using only for the fridge & freezer, I think.
I have NOT heard from her since. I asked her if she could contact her church and see if they have any relief efforts going on locally...cuz I was going to post it.
You're so sweet to remember them, and Txs...THANKS for the ping!
It's not a happy or comfortable place to be, but that's the way it is.
Lesson of NOLA (for those who are s-l-o-w learners and didn't catch the message before) - be prepared, don't let yourself be in the position of relying on the government. Any government. They try, but they are more interested in power than in the well-being of constituents.
?? Where do you see that?
I understand that and meant no offence. It's just that THEY, the survivors cannot be allowed to make these decisions. They need to be set up somewhere, quickly, and then they can be asked..."how can I help you?". IMHO they need to be given time. That's all I meant.
did he mean 60,000?
"That sounds like a very scary novel....it doesn't sound like it could possibly be real.
I take back what I was was saying about the NOPD...the ones that stayed and didn't run away, deserve medals for what they have been through."
I hope it isn't true too, but it looks real. It's what novels say will happen after a nuclear holocaust - a complete breakdown in society and law. God help NO.
most people polled blamed the locals. the blame/not-to-blame number for Bush regarding Katrina was 55/45 if I recall correctly.
Well, thank you both so much for trying to make sure that the accurate news gets out. I've never seen the media as bad as they are right now. Ever.
I actually saw Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC on Friday say the president did nothing to prepare for the hurricane.
#1. He declared LA a state of emergency.
#2. That permitted FEMA to pre-position assets as close to the predicted affected area which was still probably pretty far away given the storm's depth.
#3. He called the mayor and Governor and pressed them to order a mandatory evacuation of NO.
#4. He ordered the military to turn assets around and head toward the Gulf.
I'm sure freepers can add to the list. But that doesn't sound like "nothing" to me. I hate the media. Every last one of them.
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